The Black Keys – Don Auerbach and Patrick Carney, a blues-rock duo from Akron - win four Grammy Awards in 2011 and four in 2013.

Art Arfons – three-time land speed record holder with his Green Monster series of jet powered cars – born in Akron (1926 - 2007).

In 1982 Akron natives Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia wrote and recorded the top 10 hit "Pac Man Fever." It sold more than 3 million singles and albums worldwide and today remains a pop culture favorite. Jerry and Gary also produced the hit recording of the theme to the long-running television show, "WKRP In Cincinnati." In 1985 Anne Murray reached the top 15 with a song written by Jerry called, "On and On."

LeBron James, number one overall selection in the 2003 NBA Draft, joins the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron, born and raised in Akron, was drafted after graduating from St. Vincent - St. Mary High School.

Philip Shawn (known in Akron as Jack "Pat" Waltz), starred in the 1950 movieThe Sun Sets at Dawn. During the 1950s and 1960s Shawn also made frequent TV appearances in shows such as Perry Mason, McHale's Navy, Gomer Pyle, Lassie, The Twilight Zone, The Mod Squad and many others.